Anchor for fences



l. E. CLUN.

GHOR FOR FENCES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.'9. i919.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

IRA E. cIanvr, or LIMA, oIIIo.

ANCHOR FOR FENCES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

Application filed December 9, 1919. Serial No# 343,465.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA E. CLUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Anchor for Fences, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for anchoring a fence fabric to the ground at points between the fence posts, thus to prevent live stock from lifting the lower portion of the fence fabric and passing thereunder.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an anchor of this character which can be readily formed from a strip of sheet metal and which can be easily driven into the ground where it becomes anchored so as to prevent it from being pulled out of the ground.

A further object is to provide a device of this charac-ter which can be applied readily to the fence fabric without the use of clips or other fastening devices.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred form .of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing- Figure l is a s ide elevation of a portion of a fence fabric having an anchor connected to the lowest strand thereof.

Figure 2 is an enlarged elevation of the anchor in position on a strand.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3, Figure 2, the position of theanchor when in the soil being indicated by dotted lines.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference I designates a fabric engaging eye formed by bending a metal strip at the center thereof, there being opposed legs 2 eX- tending from this eye and provided with oppositely curved points 3 at the free ends thereof. Segmental barbs alare struck outwardly from these legs 2 at desired intervals.

Under normal conditions the two legs are close together except where the pointed terminals diverge as shown in Figure 3. When it is desired to use the device for anchoring a fence fabric F to the ground at points between the posts P to which the fabric is connected, one or more of these anchoring devices are placed astride the lowest strand of the fence and with their pointed terminals resting on the ground. The anchoring devices are then driven into the ground in the same manner as a stake and as the legs 2 move downwardly the curved lower ends 3 thereof will move apart until, when the anchoring device is driven the entire distance in the ground, these legs will be 'curved to such an eXtent as to prevent the ancho-ring device .from being pulled out of theA ground. The barbs 4 will still further resist withdrawal of the anchoring device as will be apparent by referring to the dotted position of the anchor in Figure 3.

As the anchor straddles the lowest strand of the fence fabric it is unnecessary toprovide any special fastening means. rlhisis especially Itrue in view of the fact that the eye l completely surrounds the wire of the fence fabric at all times after the anchor has been applied. Furthermore the connection between the anchor and the -fabric is rendered more secure than where fastening means are required.

What is claimed is:

A fence anchor formed of a single strip of sheet metal bent to provide a central strand receiving eye and legs extending from the eye and having outwardly curved pointed terminals, said legs normally contacting throughout those portions thereof between the eye and the curved terminals, therebeing barbs upon the legs and divergingtoward the eye, said eye being com pletely closed around the wire of a fence fabric after application thereto.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

IRA E. CLUM.

Witnesses LnonA NICHOLS, MARTIN Nnnrns. 

